The article explores how elite athletes like Patrick Mahomes, Luka Dončić, and Nikola Jokić challenge traditional notions of athleticism with their unconventional body types. It discusses how modern sports science, particularly through P3 Peak Performance Project, reveals that true athleticism is more complex than conventional metrics and appearance suggest. The piece explains how Mahomes' 'Dad Bod' is actually functional for his performance, and how new ways of measuring athletic ability show that being a great athlete isn't just about having a conventionally athletic physique.
A critical understaffing crisis affects over 90% of U.S. airport control towers, with only 2% meeting 2024 staffing targets for fully-trained controllers. The situation has gained attention following a fatal collision near Reagan National Airport. The FAA cites COVID-19 as a major factor in failing to meet staffing goals, with the nation's air traffic system operating at 72% of target capacity for fully-trained controllers, representing a shortage of 3,000-4,000 controllers.
The author reflects on their ADHD diagnosis, realizing their struggles stemmed not from the condition itself but from an incompatible upbringing. Their parents' disciplinary approach and societal expectations damaged their self-perception and natural cognitive patterns. The text emphasizes the importance of recognizing ADHD as a cognitive variation rather than a disorder, and advocates for self-acceptance and questioning inherited beliefs about normalcy and success.
https://claimingattention.substack.com/p/adhd-did-not-break-me-my-parents-did
USDA inspector general Phyllis Fong was forcibly removed from office after refusing to accept her termination by the Trump administration. She had served for 22 years and was overseeing significant investigations, including one into Elon Musk's Neuralink. The White House defended the dismissal as part of a broader removal of 17 federal watchdogs, claiming the need to replace 'partisan bureaucrats'.
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The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was a 1930 US law that dramatically increased tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods. Despite intentions to protect American jobs and farmers, it triggered retaliatory tariffs from other countries and is widely considered to have worsened the Great Depression. The Act raised tariff rates to the second-highest level in US history, leading to a 67% reduction in American trade. Despite initial positive economic indicators, the law ultimately contributed to rising unemployment and economic hardship. It was later effectively dismantled through various trade agreements and reforms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act
The text discusses why consumers should avoid using ISP-provided routers and modems in favor of purchasing their own equipment. It outlines numerous security vulnerabilities, poor maintenance, dishonest practices, and cost-related issues associated with ISP equipment. Multiple examples of security breaches, backdoors, and configuration problems with ISP-provided hardware are presented, along with cases of ISPs being slow or reluctant to address these issues.
https://routersecurity.org/ISProuters.php
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An introduction to a book about Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), explaining its origins, methods, and applications in machine learning systems, with acknowledgments to various contributors.
Python's BytesIO objects offer memory-efficient ways to handle in-memory byte data through getvalue() and getbuffer() methods, avoiding the memory-doubling effect of read(). The getvalue() method uses copy-on-write functionality for optimal memory usage when reading data, while getbuffer() provides a zero-copy memoryview option with some limitations.
https://pythonspeed.com/articles/bytesio-reduce-memory-usage/
Elon Musk's representatives have gained access to Treasury Department payment systems controlling $6 trillion in government disbursements after a career official was removed. This unprecedented access to sensitive financial systems has raised concerns among Democrats about potential political interference.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/01/elon-musk-treasury-payments-system/
A technical analysis of Caffeine, a high-performance caching library used by major projects like Kafka and Cassandra. The article explores its core components including the Window TinyLFU eviction policy, frequency sketching algorithm, expiration mechanisms using order queues and hierarchical timer wheels, and adaptive cache policy. The text particularly focuses on the implementation details, data structures, and optimization techniques used to achieve high performance and efficiency.
https://adriacabeza.github.io/2024/07/12/caffeine-cache.html
Development of mt32-pi, a baremetal MIDI synthesizer for Raspberry Pi, has been discontinued due to community harassment and intellectual property misuse, affecting the creator's mental health. The project, which enabled vintage PC and MiSTer FPGA setups with MT-32 emulation and SoundFont support, remains stable but will receive no further updates.
https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi/blob/075b52809e77420c6e80828825fe42430336b369/README.md
Warner Bros. Discovery has quietly released over 30 full-length movies for free on YouTube, including both hidden gems and notorious flops, marking an unexpected shift in digital distribution strategy. The unconventional move raises questions about the value of older content in the streaming era and the studio's approach to managing its film archive.
https://tedium.co/2025/02/05/warner-bros-youtube-full-movie-releases/
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The article analyzes the digital impact of global elections in 2024, covering over 60 countries. It details cybersecurity challenges, DDoS attacks, Internet traffic patterns, and government-imposed shutdowns during elections. The report highlights significant cyber threats to political campaigns and election infrastructure, with notable incidents in the US, France, UK, and other countries. It also examines how Internet usage patterns shifted during election days across different nations.
The article discusses the ongoing problem of Grinch Bots in e-commerce, particularly during Black Friday 2024. These bots represented 29% of all traffic, with AI bots accounting for 1%. Bot activity has quadrupled since 2021, causing significant disruption to online shopping through inventory hoarding and account takeover attempts. The article also details protective measures for businesses and predictions for 2025, including increased AI bot activity and more sophisticated automation techniques.
The text explains Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new standard for AI interactions announced by Anthropic in November 2024. It details how MCP can be implemented using Cloudflare Workers to extend Claude's capabilities, including image generation and application deployment. The article demonstrates how workers-mcp tooling simplifies MCP server deployment compared to traditional implementation methods.
Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab maintains a comprehensive mirror of data.gov datasets, providing BagIt-formatted archives with associated metadata for each entry. The repository offers structured access to federal public data through standardized file formats and includes daily updates starting February 2025.
https://source.coop/repositories/harvard-lil/gov-data/description
The text discusses cache revalidation strategies, focusing on preventing cache stampede issues in web services. It explains traditional cache locking methods and introduces a probabilistic approach to cache revalidation. The article details how to implement both solutions, with particular emphasis on mathematical optimization of the probabilistic method. The content culminates in presenting an optimal solution based on academic research using exponential distribution.
The text discusses two major Cloudflare updates: the implementation of MASQUE protocol in their 1.1.1.1 & WARP applications, and the general availability of DEX (Digital Experience Monitoring) with new Remote Captures functionality. MASQUE is presented as a modern HTTP/3-based protocol for secure internet connections, while DEX Remote Captures enables IT admins to remotely collect network diagnostic data from user devices.